the community of Christians (church with a small "c" means a Christian place to worship)
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Conscience
an inner feeling of the rightness and wrongness of an action
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the Decalogue
the Ten Commandments
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democratic processes
the way in which all citizen can take part in government(usually through elections)
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electoral processes
the ways in which voting is organised
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the Golden Rule
the teaching of Jesus that should treat others as you would like them to treat you
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human rights
the rights and freedom to which everyone is entitled
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political party
a group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its polices(e.g. Labour,Conservative)
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pressure group
a group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue
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Situation Ethics
the idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving to do
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social change
the way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities for future change)
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artificial insemination
injecting semen into the uterus by artifical means
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conservation
protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
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creation
the act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
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embryo
a fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception
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environment
the surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live
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global warming
the increase of temperature of the earth's atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect)
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infertility
not being able to have children
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in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)
the method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube
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natural resources
natural occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be caused by humans
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organ donation
giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
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stewardship
looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation
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surrogacy
an arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf another woman or wher an egg is donated and fertilised by the husband through IVF and then implanted into the wife's uterus
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Church
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the community of Christians (church with a small "c" means a Christian place to worship)
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